Regulations

• The Bi-State Blue Crab Advisory Committee (BBCAC)
  The Bi-State Blue Crab Advisory Committee, composed of fishery managers, agency leaders, legislators, conservationists, recreational crabbers, watermen, and crab industry representatives from Maryland and Virginia, provides a forum for discussion and action to protect the blue crab. This site includes publications, legislative activities, watershed signs, and links.

Commerical

• Commercial Crabbing in Virginia Waters
  Learn about VA's commercial crabbing regulations from the Virginia Marine Resources Commission
• Maryland Commercial Crab Regulations
  Learn about VA's commercial crabbing regulations from the Virginia Marine Resources Commission

Recreational

• Virginia Marine Resource Commission, Fishing and Crabbing in Virginia Tidal Waters
• Maryland Recreational Crab Regulations

Gear and Catching

Methods of Catching Blue Crabs

• Dip nets

more on dip nets

• Handline
• Seine
• Crab pot

more on crab pots

• Crab trap

more on crab traps

• Trotline